Tupperware’s profit for the period beat its own estimates, and the top line fell less than it projected, as well.

However, the company said it expects to post per-share earnings of $4.90 to $5 for the year ended Dec. 26, 2015. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had been projecting $5.21 a share in earnings.

For the current quarter, Tupperware said it expected to report 98 cents to $1.03 a share in profit, below analysts’ expectations of $1.12 a share.

The company’s results continued to rely heavily on sales in emerging markets. For a while, Tupperware had enjoyed double-digit sales growth in those markets, although recently they had slowed to a high single-digit rate.

In the most recent period, emerging markets accounted for 64% of Tupperware’s top line, with sales growing 10% in local currency. The company’s chief executive,
Rick Goings,
said in October that the company had expected to return to the double-digit trend.

Established-market sales fell 1% in local currency. Tupperware North America’s segment sales fell 2% in local currency and 5% in U.S. dollars, while a slide in Mexico sales offset growth in the U.S. and Canada.

Overall, for the period ended Dec. 27, Tupperware posted earnings of $82.3 million, or $1.63 a share, down from $89.7 million, or $1.74 a share, a year earlier. Excluding items, per-share earnings were $1.72.

Sales fell 5.2% to $679.9 million.

The company had said in October that it expected to post earnings of $1.55 to $1.60 a share to go along with a decline in revenue of 6% to 4%.